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The correct spelling is cream.
How to pronounce cream
/kɹiːm/
nounIPA: /kɹiːm/
Say it like: Cree-m
The correct spelling is cream. The butterfat/milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part when separated from the remainder. For example: "Take 100 ml of cream and 50 grams of sugar…"
Usage Examples
“Take 100 ml of cream and 50 grams of sugar…”
“the cream of the crop; the cream of a collection of books or pictures”
“You look really sunburnt; you should apply some cream.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.The butterfat/milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part when separated from the remainder.
- 2.A yellowish white colour; the colour of cream.
- 3.Frosting, custard, creamer or another substance similar to the oily part of milk or to whipped cream.
- 4.The best part of something.
- 5.A viscous aqueous oil/fat emulsion with a medicament added, used to apply that medicament to the skin. (compare with ointment)
verb
- 1.To puree, to blend with a liquifying process.
- 2.To turn a yellowish white colour; to give something the color of cream.
- 3.To obliterate, to defeat decisively.
- 4.To ejaculate (used of either gender).
- 5.To ejaculate in (clothing).
adjective
- 1.Cream-coloured; having a yellowish white colour.
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